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However, courts nullified the FTC ruling on a technicality in July 2025–just days before it was set to go into effect.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
Adams, the Republican nominee in 2022 and 2024, was endorsed in the special election by the Independent Party and claims the secretary of the state’s office wrongly refused to accept his Independent Party nomination papers over a technicality — a missing signature.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
According to the Times, Epstein won the case on a technicality, leaving him with the money but his relationship with Stoll forever scorched.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2025
However, Middleton has remained behind bars due to a technicality in Missouri state law that gave jurisdiction in the case to the Missouri Court of Appeals, and not with the Jackson County circuit court, where his case was tried.
—Mark Guarino, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
Adams, the Republican nominee in 2022 and 2024, was endorsed in the special election by the Independent Party and claims the secretary of the state’s office wrongly refused to accept his Independent Party nomination papers over a technicality — a missing signature.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
According to the Times, Epstein won the case on a technicality, leaving him with the money but his relationship with Stoll forever scorched.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2025
However, Middleton has remained behind bars due to a technicality in Missouri state law that gave jurisdiction in the case to the Missouri Court of Appeals, and not with the Jackson County circuit court, where his case was tried.
—Mark Guarino, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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There are some subtleties to the mechanism that can explain the unpredictability of loss of desire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Perfect for those who prefer subtlety in romance and in their nail designs.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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